JANUARY 2004Most of this month has spent adding alot of material to
the MEDIA POLITICS website as the political season has heated up;
in addition, a new SUPER BOWL 2004 page has been created, where upon I have
posted related news articles about the game
and the ever present advertising
Jan. 29 Study: Most
US Consumers Get Their News from PapersFull
report in pdf formatJan.15 UCLA Center for Communication policy, releases
study on World Internet
Report; added articles to MEDIA/POLITICS
Jan.13 added Neuromarketing article to ADVERTISING; Story on
grocery "slotting" to PRODUCT PLACEMENT;
story on Super Bowl Ad costs
to SPORTS ADS & MATH IN THE MEDIA
Jan. 12 Pew Research Study on Bias
Perception in Sources of Political News
-Added new info under Media/Politics; Who is the Audience- English
Journal (Jan.2004) issue devoted to Popular Culture, see ARTICLES
- updated EVENTS
list; posted Media Literacy Goes To School in ARTICLES; added
Teacher Guide to Making Student Movies

FEBRUARY 2004Feb.25 Americans Use Twice As Much Media As they Admit, study TV Ads Aimed at Kids
Must Change, USA
Today
Feb.24 Role
of Media In Childhood Obesity, Kaiser Family FoundationAdvertisers
respond to psychology study
Feb.23 Psychologists Urge Ad Limits for Kids, StudyFeb.23 Studies
Say Violent Video Games Make Children Aggressive
Feb.21 Research Study
on Impact of Sexual Imagery on TV
Feb.20 altered photo of Sen. John Kerry with Jane Fonda; see Is
Seeing Believing?
Feb.17 JAMA
Study: Unlabeled content in some teen video games
February issue of School Library Journal (Vol. 50 Issue 2, pg 32)
recommends the Media
Literacy Clearinghouse
February 16: added Classic Tobacco Ads to Smoking activity website
February 11: Both the US
House & US
Senate held separate hearings on broadcast indecency,
as a result of various events, including the Super
Bowl 2004 half time show
February issue of "Current Health 2" ( in-school high school magazine) cover story is
"Smoke Scenes on the Big Screen: Are Tobacco Advertisers Using Movies to
Target You?"
Feb.3 Study
Shows PreSchoolers Can Be Taught to Watch Less TV